Is C section recovery really that bad? Please share your experiences with me positive or negative

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All these women who say c sections are not that bad are throwing me for a loop. I had two sections and I wouldn’t say they’re easy and I’m no wimp 😊 it’s pretty serious surgery people

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Every recovery is different but from personal experience I loved it. In general pregnancy was good no complications with me or the baby , I personally chose to have a c-section. I chose to have it without an epidural , I prefer general anesthesia instead. Doctors used glue to close me up I like it better than anything else and it heals faster. It wasn’t painful at all , I slept on my side the same day and on my stomach on the 3rd days. I bled for 10 weeks straight. For me getting nose pierced hurts more than having a c-section. I’m just so used to surgeries and at this point they don’t hurt anymore.

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I was devastated when I found 9ut I had to have a C-section....  I was almost 2 weeks past due,  she wasn't dropping so I couldn't get induced. it ended up being so easy! I was only in the hospital for 48 hours. I was up walking, arranging my hospital room and changing diapers that night. take it slow, but don't be lazy. you heal so much fast when you're active. walk walk walk. I didn't even take my pain pills they sent me home with.

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My splenectomy was more painful than my c-section. However, my section was stapled shut and pressure dressed for 5 days, which I think helped immensely. I was hospitalized for a week due to an autoimmune condition impacting my blood so I had help and regular pain meds.

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I liked mine! I've had a few different surgeries and the c-section wasn't bad. I felt no pain during, and for after I was on meds. I was out at stores once I was released from the hospital. What helped the most, take a deep breath hold my incision with a flat hand and get up👍🏻

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I've had 2 csections and 1 vaginal, I'd op for the csection over a vaginal anyday. I had a terrible vaginal delivery. My recovery for my csection wasnt bad at all.

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I’ve experienced both, a vaginal and cesarian delivery. My vaginal delivery was far worse and the recovery time was much longer than my c-section. I had 4th degree tears with my vaginal as my son was a big boy and also had shoulder dystotia. After my daughters c-section birth, I was up and walking that very next morning. I have a beautifully healed scar that is BARELY visible.  my doctor did an amazing job!!! My stay was the same as my vaginal birth and I was up and moving at home no problem after her delivery.

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My recovery was awful for the first few days, then general soreness for about 1-2 weeks. I took it extremely easy. I had a postpartum hemorrhage though, and they had to push with force on my uterus while removing clots and retained placenta from it, so that definitely contributed to the pain. That, and days 1 and 2 of recovery, hurt worse than enduring 75 hours of contractions (unmedicated) 😬 I had an epidural administered in the operating room so I would have post-operative pain relief, but turns out I don’t metabolize anesthesia like normal people, so it was turned off and I only had ibuprofen.

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It's not nice, but not horrendous, I'm 13 months on and still get pain from time to time.

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For me it overall wasn't bad, just very sore all the time and tired a lot. No infections, overall normal recovery. I don't remember how long it took for me to feel myself again (this was 7 years ago), it was also an emergency c-section. With my second it'll be a planned one.

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